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reactive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'reactive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reactive [ a.]
- Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

Meaning of 'reactive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reactive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- participating readily in reactions
Example in sentence:
  • free radicals are very reactive;
  • sodium is a reactive metal
2 . reactive [ s]
Meaning (2):
- reacting to a stimulus
Example in sentence:
  • the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons

Nearby Words:

reabsorb reabsorption reaccess reaccuse reach reachable reached reacher reaching reachless

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